Denmark – Denmark will postpone the rollout of a green hydrogen transmission pipeline between western Denmark and northern Germany by three years to 2031 from 2028, the country’s energy ministry said.
Industry players planning large-scale hydrogen production in Denmark had previously praised the pipelineā€™s development. The delay comes just weeks after Equinor scrapped its plans to export blue hydrogen produced in Norway to Germany via pipelines, citing insufficient demand, inadequate regulatory framework and high prices.
Denmark has worked with transmission system operator Energinet to make the timeline more reliable and to limit delays, Energy Minister Lars Aagaard said in a statement.
“This is to ensure interaction between the large amounts of green power from the offshore wind supply, the production of green hydrogen and German demand,” Aagaard said.
Work on the transnational pipeline is ongoing in cooperation with the German government, Denmark’s energy ministry said.
Germany’s economy ministry said despite the extended timeline for the Danish section of the project, both countries remain committed to accelerating its completion, adding that the postponement will not affect Germanyā€™s ambitions to scale up its hydrogen market.
